How to be an ActionScript programmer?

[tjw1990]

Hi.

I'm new to this community and I seek your valuable advice regarding the way to learn ActionScript 3.0.

I'm an Actionscript amateur and I always want to know how to "study" for this language. I do not take up any courses for ActionScript and most of the time, I will go to the public library to borrow books regarding ActionScript.

I hope I could produce a webpage based solely on ActionScript. How could I further improve my Actionscript skill? What are the things or the steps that I should take to improve my skill? Your comments are much appreciated!

[BikutaHo]

when i was new to Flash, it was 2006 so it has been almost 3 years for me working in Flash.

Flash is easy, what i did was i downloaded some games on tutorialized.com , and i modified them but i still gave credit to the owner. So from there, i just learn bit by bit everyday. Then after that, i went on the library on actionscripts.org , it has free scripts , i just took one down and try to make it work. If you can do this, that means you understand the script

Right now im just learning how to script stuff, i already know most of it. Im learning 3D scripts now, which is hard but if you get the math and stuff, its all like a piece of pie.

Im looking forward to see you coding things and become an expert :P

Oh and by the way, if you are good at drawing, please send me a message. And if you want to work with me on a project such as games or animations, it would be great, and you will learn something from it :P

[cjx3711]

It took me about a year to be somewhat fluent in Actionscript. All I did was to borrow books from the library, look at online tutorials and practice alot. My way of learning is staring at source codes. Try to understand codes and then take out parts you need and try to implement it in your program. I only discovered AS.org recently but if you need aything, you can just put a question in the forum. The members can be very helpful.

[kkbbcute]

One big tip: Type the source codes yourself, don't just copy them, mke sure you understand the code and type it out yourself without reference, that way, you learn faster. I took about one year to learn AS as well, like cjx3711.